Now we are not offering the same yarn as Ilga used in her original pieces. You can see ours in the inset photos on the top picture and again below that. Indeed, the pattern recommends DK or Worsted Weight yarn and this is technically more of a sport weight. A look in the Project pages showed quite a few knitters used Louet's sport weight linen yarn.

Ilga's original piece used a subtle variegated yarn and there were some lovely projects that were knit with more dramatically variegated yarns as well.

I have no reservations that this will look very fine indeed.

So each kit here includes simply four skeins of Recycled Linen in your choice of colorway -- that will give you 600 yards, more than was used for any of the other sport weight projects.

This should be enough for any size of the shoulder capelet and possibly the smaller and medium sizes of the poncho. And should you wish to make the larger sizes of the full-sized poncho, contact me and we'll work with you for a special kit as long as we have stock.

1. Trillium is lovely colors that I see as a song to springtime flowers: ecru and gray for the last snows of winter, blues and purples for the violets, wisterias, and lilacs against a bright sky.

2. Silver Lake is a quiet mix of blues, sage and khaki -- a lake in early spring when the colors ar ejust coming back to the ground and sprouts.

3. Light House seems to be to mirror an island in the middle of the ocean, with pale blues of the ocean mingling with white foam, while on the land is taupe, charcoal and ecru.